Accuracy of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTS) for initial diagnosis and treatment monitoring in a high transmission setting in Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 530-536

  Mbabazi, Phoebe ^b,c,d,e   Hopkins, Heidi ^b,f   Osilo, Emmanuel ^b,c   Kalungu, Michael ^b,g   Byakika Kibwika, Pauline ^a,b   Kamya, Moses R ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)   (Uganda)

^c INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HRP-2 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2 BASED RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BASED RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; BLOOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 84924264729     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0180     Document Type: Article

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